Exploring SE0322

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Introduction

This square is agricultural land, pasture or meadow. There is one hamlet, Hubberton Green, and several farms or former farms, some with a small group of houses. The area was in Sowerby, which became part of Sowerby Bridge UDC in 1937.

The footpaths have Sowerby Bridge numbers, to which I have appended a letter to identify each path link: A, B, C etc. In the text, 'Footpath' has generally been abbreviated to 'FP', and 'path' has been used for the right-of-way, even if there is no visible track. 'Path on the ground' is the practical route, where it differs from the actual right-of-way.

The roads

One of the radial routes from Sowerby village forms the spine of the road network in the square. This is Rooley Lane from the northern grid line to Hubberton Green, then Plain Lane, Ratten Row Road and Otter Lee Lane, with name changes at road junctions. Of the other radial routes, Red Brink Lane passes through the north-west corner and Bowood Lane through the south-east corner. The 'cross' lanes are Upper Field House Lane, which comes up from Triangle, Hubberton Green Road, Thunderton Lane and Parkin Hall Lane. The footpaths within the areas between these roads will be grouped together.

The settlements, roads and paths are all shown on the 1850 map, although a few of the footpaths were re-routed between then and the 1893 map.

SE0322 : Hubberton Green by Mark Anderson
Hubberton Green Road from its junction with Rooley Lane.


SE0322 : Hubberton Green Road, Sowerby by Humphrey Bolton
Hubberton Green Road showing terrace houses along Thorpe Place, and beyond them part of Washington Houses.


SE0322 : Hubberton Green Road, Sowerby by Humphrey Bolton
Hubberton Green Road approaching Red Brink Lane. The row of houses is captioned 'New Barton on the 1850 and 1894 maps; it is in SE 0323.


SE0322 : Houses on Red Brink Lane, Sowerby by Humphrey Bolton
Houses at Lower Red Brink on Red Brink Lane.


SE0322 : Parkin Hall Lane by Betty Longbottom
Parkin Hall Lane, from its junction with Ratten Row Road.


SE0322 : All Breeds Pet Boarding Establishment sign by Alan Longbottom
'sky sign' at the eastern end of Parkin Hall Lane.


SE0322 : Plain Lane at the junction with Thunderton Lane, Sowerby by Humphrey Bolton
Plain Lane at the junction with Thunderton Lane.



SE0322 : Date stone on Lower Plain Farm by Humphrey Bolton
Date stone on Lower Plain Farm. This records the date of the original 17C building and that of the present late 19C building.


SE0322 : Rooley Lane, Sowerby by Humphrey Bolton
Rooley Lane, from its junction with Upper Field House Lane.


SE0322 : Junction of Upper Field House Lane with Rooley Lane, Sowerby by Humphrey Bolton
The junction of Rooley Lane and Upper Field House Lane.




The footpaths

Between Otter Lee Lane and Parkin Hall Lane

Footpath 117

SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP117 (Link B) at Parkin Hall Lane by Humphrey Bolton
Sowerby Bridge FP117B at Parkin Hall Lane. The stile has been roughly walled-up, but the wall is not difficult to climb over. The large stone might have been an upright side of the stile. There is no signpost or waymark.


SE0322 : Missing stile on Sowerby Bridge FP117 (Link B) by Humphrey Bolton
Missing stile on Sowerby Bridge FP117B. The barbed wire fence is across where the stile should be, but does not extend across the collapsed wall junction, which is easy to climb over. The path then slants across to the gateway on the far right, passing into SE 0222.


Between Parkin Hall Lane, Ratten Row Road and Thunderton Lane

Footpath 115

SE0322 : Stile on Sowerby bridge FP115 (Link A) at Parkin Hall Lane by Humphrey Bolton
The western end of FP115A is at Parkin Hall Lane, opposite Parkin Hall Farm.


SE0322 : Stile on Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link A) by Humphrey Bolton
This is the stile on FP115A at the end of the first field.


SE0322 : Stile on Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link A) by Humphrey Bolton
This is the stile on FP115A at the end of the second field. Here the path splits; FP115B goes towards Thunderton Farm and FP115C to Upper Plain Farm.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link B) at a field corner by Humphrey Bolton
FP115B follows the edge of the field, and goes round the corner to Thunderton Lane.



SE0322 : Gateway on Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link C) by Humphrey Bolton
FP115C comes from the stile between the two wooden posts, shown above, and then through the gateway and alongside the wall where I was standing.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link C) by Humphrey Bolton
FP115C comes along the edge of this field, and turns eastwards to Upper Plain Farm behind the viewpoint.


SE0322 : Gate on Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link C) by Humphrey Bolton
FP115C comes through this gate, which looks as if it needs another gate post and some hinges. However it is not difficult to get past it.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link C) by Humphrey Bolton
FP115C then comes along a strip of mown grass alongside a horse exercise enclosure.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link C) passing a barn at Upper Plain Farm by Humphrey Bolton
FP115C between a barn and a wall at Upper Plain Farm. The undergrowth is mainly grass, so does not cause an obstruction. I wish more people would walk these paths.


SE0322 : Stile on Sowerby Bridge FP115 (Link C) by Humphrey Bolton
A 'squeeze' stile on FP115C at Thunderton Lane next to Upper Plain Farm.


Between Thunderton Lane, Red Brink Lane, Hubberton Green Road and Plain Lane

Footpath 112

SE0322 : Stile on Sowerby Bridge FP112 (Link F) at Hubberton Green Road by Humphrey Bolton
The eastern end of FP112F is at Spring Houses, Hubberton Green.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP112 (Link F) by Humphrey Bolton
FP112F comes along the edge of a field, past Spring Houses, which are shown and named on the 1850 map.


SE0322 : Stile on Sowerby Bridge FP112 (Link F) by Humphrey Bolton
FP112F goes over this stile, and soon crosses FP114. FP112E continues to Thunderton Farm, but the farmer does not welcome walkers.


SE0322 : Stile on Sowerby Bridge FP112 (Link E) by Humphrey Bolton
This is the next stile on FP112E.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP112 (Link E) by Humphrey Bolton
FP112E follows the wall, curving round to the left.


SE0322 : Gap in wall and field gate on Sowerby Bridge FP112 (Link E) by Humphrey Bolton
This is a little way short of the grid line, but I saw the farmer in his tractor and beat a hasty retreat. I had already had a lengthy conversation with him, during which he said that he had closed the footpaths around his farm because people had left gates open, so he would be none too pleased to see me approach from the other direction!
by Humphrey Bolton


Footpath 114

SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP114 (Link B) at Hubberton Green Road by Humphrey Bolton
The eastern end of FP114B is at Hubberton Green Road. This street was originally Red Brink Lane, but this has been closed at Old Barton and that name now applies to the lane further north, past New Barton.


SE0322 : Sowerby bridge FP114 (Link B) at entrance to Old Barton by Humphrey Bolton
This part of former Red Brink Lane is now the driveway to Old Barton. FP114B goes along it.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP114 (Link B) at Old Barton by Humphrey Bolton
FP114B at Old Barton. The right-of-way goes straight on into the garden in front of the house, which seems an intrusive route. I went left here and then turned right to pass behind the garage.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP114 (Link B) passing Old Barton by Humphrey Bolton
My route, avoiding the garden, came past this stable and then straight forward, then curving left, along the edge of the field.


SE0322 : Field gate on Sowerby Bridge FP114 (Link B) by Humphrey Bolton
FP114B comes along the edge of the field from Old Barton, seen in the distance, and through this gate. It then crosses FP112 and continues to Thunderton Lane.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP114 (Link A) by Humphrey Bolton
FP114A comes across the field, faintly visible in the grass, to this gate post (one of two).


SE0322 : Disused gateway on Sowerby Bridge FP114 (Link A) by Humphrey Bolton
FP114A goes between the old gate posts and follows the old field boundary before turning right to Thunderton Lane.


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP114 (Link A) at Thunderton Lane by Humphrey Bolton
The stile on FP114A at Thunderton Lane.


North of Red Brink Lane

Footpath 104

SE0322 : Field gate and nettles on Sowerby Bridge FP104 by Humphrey Bolton
FP104 goes through this gate. The path is overgrown with nettles.


North of Rooley Lane

Footpath 103


SE0322 : Sowerby Bridge FP103, Link B by Humphrey Bolton
FP103B is a straightforward field path leading to Well Head Lane, in SE 0323.


KML

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